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Employees and Employers in Service Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Employees and Employers in Service Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

With the increasing globalization and fast-paced technological advances in business today, service organizations must to respond to the changing business dynamic between employers and employees. The service industry has metamorphosed into a revolution not only in United States but in developed and developing countries also. Highly industrialized countries have become ‘service economies’, at least when measured in terms of share of the workforce employed in service industries. This new book, Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities , the first volume in the 21st Century Business Management book series, provides an in-depth exploration of recent concepts and trends in business management in the service industries. It looks at the changing expectations and loyalties of young workers and others and the challenges and opportunities presented for service employers. The book considers theory and research findings, providing a plethora of practical implications and applications for these new workplace behavior dynamics. Exploring the different perspectives and concepts from the book’s researchers and authors , Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities cover themes such as • work-life balance • spirituality in the workplace • emerging positive psychology concepts, such as psychological capital, knowledge management, and mindfulness • expectations, motivation, and behavior of different generations, such as Generation Y This informative volume will be valuable for faculty teaching courses in management and self-improvement for leaders and executives as well as for those in service industries.

DKK 819.00
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Employees and Employers in Service Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Employees and Employers in Service Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

With the increasing globalization and fast-paced technological advances in business today, service organizations must to respond to the changing business dynamic between employers and employees. The service industry has metamorphosed into a revolution not only in United States but in developed and developing countries also. Highly industrialized countries have become ‘service economies’, at least when measured in terms of share of the workforce employed in service industries. This new book, Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities , the first volume in the 21st Century Business Management book series, provides an in-depth exploration of recent concepts and trends in business management in the service industries. It looks at the changing expectations and loyalties of young workers and others and the challenges and opportunities presented for service employers. The book considers theory and research findings, providing a plethora of practical implications and applications for these new workplace behavior dynamics. Exploring the different perspectives and concepts from the book’s researchers and authors , Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities cover themes such as • work-life balance • spirituality in the workplace • emerging positive psychology concepts, such as psychological capital, knowledge management, and mindfulness • expectations, motivation, and behavior of different generations, such as Generation Y This informative volume will be valuable for faculty teaching courses in management and self-improvement for leaders and executives as well as for those in service industries.

DKK 976.00
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Strategies for e-Service, e-Governance, and Cybersecurity - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Strategies for e-Service, e-Governance, and Cybersecurity - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

In the world of digitization today, many services of government and industry are carried out in electronic mode in order to avoid the misuse of natural resources. The implementation of e-services also provides transparency and efficiency. However, these e-services are vulnerable to cyber threats and need special measures in place to provide safety and security as they are being used in the cyber space. This new volume provides an introduction to and overview of cybersecurity in e-services and e-governance systems. The volume presents and discusses the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, as well as the practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of security and e-services. The editors bring together leading academics, scientists, researchers, and research scholars to share their experiences and research results on many aspects of e-services, e-governance, and cybersecurity. The chapters cover diverse topics, such as using digital education to curb gender violence, cybersecurity threats and technology in the banking industry, e-governance in the healthcare sector, cybersecurity in the natural gas and oil industry, developing information communication systems, and more. The chapters also include the uses and selection of encryption technology and software.

DKK 819.00
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Strategies for e-Service, e-Governance, and Cybersecurity - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Strategies for e-Service, e-Governance, and Cybersecurity - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

In the world of digitization today, many services of government and industry are carried out in electronic mode in order to avoid the misuse of natural resources. The implementation of e-services also provides transparency and efficiency. However, these e-services are vulnerable to cyber threats and need special measures in place to provide safety and security as they are being used in the cyber space. This new volume provides an introduction to and overview of cybersecurity in e-services and e-governance systems. The volume presents and discusses the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, as well as the practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of security and e-services. The editors bring together leading academics, scientists, researchers, and research scholars to share their experiences and research results on many aspects of e-services, e-governance, and cybersecurity. The chapters cover diverse topics, such as using digital education to curb gender violence, cybersecurity threats and technology in the banking industry, e-governance in the healthcare sector, cybersecurity in the natural gas and oil industry, developing information communication systems, and more. The chapters also include the uses and selection of encryption technology and software.

DKK 995.00
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LEAN Supply Chain Planning - Josef Packowski - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

LEAN Supply Chain Planning - Josef Packowski - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Delivering excellent service to all customers is the key imperative for many sustainable businesses. So why do so many supply chains struggle to fulfill customer requirements at competitive costs? The answer is simple: traditional supply chain planning, which was tailored to a predominantly stable and predictable business environment, cannot handle the new challenges in the world of variability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—the VUCA world. Companies can either accept the drawbacks that often result in high inventories, poor asset utilization, and unsatisfactory customer service or, they can change their view of the fundamental approach to supply chain management. LEAN Supply Chain Planning: The New Supply Chain Management Paradigm for Process Industries to Master Today’s VUCA World introduces a new paradigm and a new approach to managing variability, uncertainty, and complexity in today’s planning processes and systems. Introducing a cutting-edge supply chain management concept that addresses current problems in the process industry''s supply chains, the book presents powerful methods developed by leading research institutes, process industry champions, and supply chain experts. It explains how readers can change their approach to the fundamental planning paradigms in a manner that will help their organizations achieve higher levels of responsiveness, improved levels of customer service, and substantial increases in cost-efficiencies. This holistic practitioner’s guide describes how to establish the right accountabilities for performance management and also provides a set of meaningful metrics to help measure your progress. Supplying detailed guidelines for transforming your supply chain, it includes first-hand reports of leading organizations that have already adopted some of the facets of this paradigm and used the relevant instruments to achieve unprecedented improvements to customer service, supply chain agility, and overall equipment effectiveness.

DKK 810.00
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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This new edition of a bestselling, evidence-based textbook provides a comprehensive overview of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Keeping service users and their recovery at the centre of care, the holistic approach will help nurses to gain the tools and understanding required to work in this complex area. Extensively updated for this new edition, the text looks at: - - Aspects of mental health nursing: covering topics such as ethics, developing therapeutic relationships and supervision. - - - The foundations of mental health nursing: discussing diagnosis, assessment and risk. - - - Caring for those experiencing mental health distress: looking at wide range of troubles including anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and issues around sexuality and gender. - - - Care planning and approaches to therapeutic practice: exploring ideas, pathways and treatments such as recovery, CBT, psychodynamic therapies and psychopharmacology. - - - Services and support for those with mental health distress: covering topics such as collaborative work, involvement of service users and their families and carers, and a range of different mental healthcare settings. - - - Mental health nursing in the twenty-first century: highlighting emerging and future trends including the political landscape, physical health and health promotion, and technological advances. - This accessible and comprehensive textbook integrates service user perspectives throughout and includes student-friendly features such as learning outcomes, key points summaries, reflection points and further reading sections. It is an essential resource for all mental health nursing students, as well as an invaluable reference for practising nurses.

DKK 477.00
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The Customer-Driven Organization - Sr. Coleman - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The Customer-Driven Organization - Sr. Coleman - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Does your organization provide customer satisfaction or does it inspire customer loyalty? Which is more important? See how lessons learned from the service sector were applied to manufacturing and other diverse settings, including the nonprofit sector and even on one’s own home front. Exploring the Kano Model, The Customer-Driven Organization: Employing the Kano Model explains why just meeting customer needs is no longer enough for today’s organizations. It explains how to identify true customers—both internal and external. Readers will learn how to directly apply Kano principles in their own business environments or personal lives, to establish priorities, increase efficiency, improve communication, and expand on existing relationships. The book explains how to establish a value proposition for your organization and, more importantly, how and when to provide "delightful" service. Demonstrating how to incorporate the Kano philosophy into your day-to-day activities, this book is a must-read for any organization or individual looking to do more with less by achieving a truly customer-driven focus.

DKK 394.00
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Best Practices for Education Professionals - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Best Practices for Education Professionals - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Best practices currently advocate that education professionals consult and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines as a means of providing students and their families a comprehensive, developmental approach to students’ academic, career, and social/personal growth . Best Practices for Education Professionals has been developed to inform in-service and pre-service professional educators, including teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, and other school professionals, about useful techniques, ideas, competencies, and skills when addressing the comprehensive development of children in schools and school settings. The book is comprised of both research (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-design) and conceptual pieces about the most effective, current professional practices for professionals who work with P-12 children in schools. It will be highly useful for individuals studying to be practicing teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, as well as other school professionals. The book informs in-service and pre-service individuals about useful techniques, ideas, competencies, and skills when working with children in schools and school settings. The volume is also important to individuals undertaking academic (master and doctoral) level research on best practices for school professionals. The book includes recent, research-based ideas in the field of education. Topics include cultural competencies for school professionals, learning communities, educational technology, literacy, and special education. This book is particularly important in the field of education since becoming informed on the latest techniques and ideologies is an essential component of both professional preparation and continuing professional development of school professionals. Currently, education practitioners struggle with finding time for professional development and ways to inform themselves of the latest research. This book—with many timely findings—is important to offer to the education community, as well as the academic community, in higher education. As students continually change, so must the practices of the professionals who work with them. This volume attempts to highlight some of the most recent practices in the field of education and for educators. This book is unique and valuable in that while other books focus on a particular profession within the education field, this book covers best practices of a variety of professionals who work in the schools.

DKK 1022.00
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Best Practices for Education Professionals - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Best Practices for Education Professionals - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Best practices currently advocate that education professionals consult and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines as a means of providing students and their families a comprehensive, developmental approach to students’ academic, career, and social/personal growth . Best Practices for Education Professionals has been developed to inform in-service and pre-service professional educators, including teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, and other school professionals, about useful techniques, ideas, competencies, and skills when addressing the comprehensive development of children in schools and school settings. The book is comprised of both research (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-design) and conceptual pieces about the most effective, current professional practices for professionals who work with P-12 children in schools. It will be highly useful for individuals studying to be practicing teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, administrators, as well as other school professionals. The book informs in-service and pre-service individuals about useful techniques, ideas, competencies, and skills when working with children in schools and school settings. The volume is also important to individuals undertaking academic (master and doctoral) level research on best practices for school professionals. The book includes recent, research-based ideas in the field of education. Topics include cultural competencies for school professionals, learning communities, educational technology, literacy, and special education. This book is particularly important in the field of education since becoming informed on the latest techniques and ideologies is an essential component of both professional preparation and continuing professional development of school professionals. Currently, education practitioners struggle with finding time for professional development and ways to inform themselves of the latest research. This book—with many timely findings—is important to offer to the education community, as well as the academic community, in higher education. As students continually change, so must the practices of the professionals who work with them. This volume attempts to highlight some of the most recent practices in the field of education and for educators. This book is unique and valuable in that while other books focus on a particular profession within the education field, this book covers best practices of a variety of professionals who work in the schools.

DKK 819.00
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Digitization of Economy and Society - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Digitization of Economy and Society - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This new volume looks at a selection of important issues resulting from the digitization of society, which has fundamentally transformed organizations. These new technological innovations are creating new opportunities as well as new challenges. This volume considers the emerging paradigm of digitization in economy and society, which covers a wide spectrum of digitization processes and consequences, accelerated by the current COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown scenario, and the increase in digitization by individuals, businesses, and governments. The book explores digital social trends, digital marketing, and the service industry, as well as the societal consequences of technologies and solutions to those problems. The diverse topics include the societal impact of digitization on gender issues, virtual relationships, e-government, online privacy, the gig economy (using Uber as an example), work life changes, online education, online media health public service advertisements, loneliness of the elderly, and more. This book is essential reading for students and faculty of social sciences, economics, and management technology to understand the broad dimensions of digitization in our everyday life and the theoretical and practical utilization and outcome of digitization.

DKK 819.00
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Micro Irrigation Management - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Micro Irrigation Management - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Micro Irrigation Management: Technological Advances and Their Applications , the fifth book in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation book series, is a valuable reference volume on micro irrigation and water management for professional training institutes, technical agricultural centers, irrigation centers, agricultural extension service, and other agencies who work with micro irrigation programs. With an international focus, this new book focuses on applications of solar energy in micro irrigation and other important technological advances. It includes case studies and illustrative examples on drip irrigation design.

DKK 819.00
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The Food and Beverage Hospitality Industry in India - Sandeep Munjal - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The Food and Beverage Hospitality Industry in India - Sandeep Munjal - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This book presents the story of growth and change of what is still a largely unorganized food and beverage service industry in India. With the authors’ vast experience in both industry and academia, the volume provides a holistic perspective of the current status of the food and beverage industry in India and identifies the topical issues and the challenges. The authors offer an insightful discussion on where the industry is headed and how it can move from top-line driven growth to a bottom-line supported one.

DKK 835.00
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Sustainable Micro Irrigation Management for Trees and Vines - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Sustainable Micro Irrigation Management for Trees and Vines - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This valuable book, the third volume in the Research Advances in Sustainable Micro Irrigation series, focuses on sustainable micro irrigation management for trees and vines. It covers the principles as well as recent advances and applications of micro irrigation techniques. Specialists throughout the world share their expertise on: • Automation of micro irrigation systems • Service and maintenance of micro irrigation systems • Evaluation of micro irrigation systems • Scheduling of irrigation • Using municipal wastewater for micro irrigation • Micro-jet irrigation and other systems • The effect of potassium, acid lime, and other elements

DKK 819.00
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Oracle Business Intelligence and Essbase Solutions Guide - Lakshman Bulusu - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Oracle Business Intelligence and Essbase Solutions Guide - Lakshman Bulusu - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This book highlights the practical aspects of using Oracle Essbase and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) as a comprehensive BI solution. It explains the key steps involved in Oracle Essbase and OBIEE implementations. Using case studies, the book covers Oracle Essbase for analytical BI and data integration, using OBIEE for operational BI including presentation services and BI Publisher for real-time reporting services, Self-service BI– in terms of VLDB, scalability, high performance, stability, long-lasting and ease of use that saves time, effort, and costs, while maximizing ROI.

DKK 625.00
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Far from the Factory - Linus Larsson - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Far from the Factory - Linus Larsson - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

In the first edition of this book, the authors introduced a method to measure and improve on information flow for knowledge workers in the modern office. They showed how to adapt the factory-derived Lean body of knowledge into today''s service economy and highlighted several useful software tools and trends in collaborative and cloud services. Since the original publication, several other tools have emerged that more closely match the ideas in the book. This second edition builds on its popular predecessor with updates to the software sections and provides refined predictions for the Lean office.

DKK 466.00
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Management of Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation - Megh R. Goyal - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Management of Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation - Megh R. Goyal - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This important book—the only complete, one-stop manual on microirrigation worldwide--offers knowledge and techniques necessary to develop and manage a drip/trickle or micro irrigation system. The simplicity of the contents facilitates a technician to develop an effective micro irrigation system. Management of Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation includes the basic considerations relating to soil-water-plant interactions, with topics such as methods for soil moisture measurement; evapotranspiration; irrigation systems; tensiometer use and installation; principles of drip/ micro/ trickle irrigation; filtration systems; automation; chloration; service and maintenance; design of drip irrigation and lateral lines; the evaluation of uniformity of application; and an economical analysis for selecting irrigation technology.

DKK 819.00
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The Future of Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The Future of Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This volume provides valuable insights into how organizations are changing and evolving and how human resource personnel, employers, and employees are reacting to these emerging workplace transitions. Today’s successful organizations must be learning organizations in that they must keep abreast and change with the new workplace dynamics. The volume explores the new and future challenges and opportunities for employees and employers, particularly in reference to service organizations in the 21st century. It explores many of the new trends in conjunction with a focus on work-life balance, globalization, redefining leadership, contingent work force, stress management, telecommuting, work force diversity, ergonomics, life satisfaction/subjective well-being, and more.

DKK 819.00
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The Future of Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The Future of Organizations - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This volume provides valuable insights into how organizations are changing and evolving and how human resource personnel, employers, and employees are reacting to these emerging workplace transitions. Today’s successful organizations must be learning organizations in that they must keep abreast and change with the new workplace dynamics. The volume explores the new and future challenges and opportunities for employees and employers, particularly in reference to service organizations in the 21st century. It explores many of the new trends in conjunction with a focus on work-life balance, globalization, redefining leadership, contingent work force, stress management, telecommuting, work force diversity, ergonomics, life satisfaction/subjective well-being, and more.

DKK 1050.00
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Restaurant Franchising - Mahmood A. Khan - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Restaurant Franchising - Mahmood A. Khan - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This book is the only up-to-date book of its kind that will provide an introduction to franchising, its pros and cons, and other aspects pertinent to restaurant franchises. It is the only guide to franchising written exclusively for food service professionals and is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to break into one of today’s most dynamic service industries. Since the late 1800s, when the idea was first conceived, the restaurant franchise has become a worldwide phenomenon. Opportunities abound for restaurateurs and food service professionals with the know-how to dive into and stay afloat in the growing, ever-changing sea of franchise operations. With the help of vignettes and case histories, this completely updated new edition to Restaurant Franchising explains operate a successful franchise, from developing a winning franchise concept to demystifying the legal intricacies of franchise agreements. Topics include: - What is franchising? - Franchising pros and cons - Selecting the franchise that fits your style and goals - Finding financial backing - Understanding franchise agreements - State franchise rules and regulations - Developing healthy franchisor/franchisee relationships - International franchising - Unconventional franchises - This book is suitable for classroom use, and an accompanying online instructor’s manual is available as a teaching resource for instructors. It includes a template of a syllabus to fit one semester within an academic calendar, and each chapter’s contents are highlighted starting with the chapter’s objectives. Objectives are designed so that after reading and studying each chapter, the student should be able to complete specific knowledge components. Key teaching elements and points are listed for each chapter, with special emphasis on definitions and terminology. References and other sources for further information are also provided. At the end of each chapter within this book, there is a case study, for which discussion questions are listed. Possible topics for class assignments and field studies are suggested in the instructor’s manual. In addition, almost 200 PowerPoint slides are provided for each chapter. Overall this manual is designed to provide teaching aids that will help in making lectures a more productive, interactive, and interesting learning experience for students. Readers will get practical, first-hand information that will be extremely useful to hospitality academicians and students, as well as corporations that are franchisors and other related restaurant corporations. It will be a valuable book for entrepreneurs and those interested in owning a franchise.

DKK 819.00
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Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0 - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0 - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Booming Mainland Chinese outbound travel is one of the most exciting phenomena in the world tourism industry’s recent history. From 2000 to 2010, Chinese outbound travel increased at a compounded annual rate of 18.5 percent, and it is forecasted that by 2020 China will generate approximately 100 million outbound trips a year, making China the fourth largest source of outbound travel in the world. The new Chinese tourists are more confident, technologically savvy, value conscious, and ready to explore unfamiliar territory. For tourism marketers and researchers who are getting ready to or just celebrated their initial "west-meets-east" moments, the new Chinese tourists are showing up at their doors and presenting new challenges for marketing and service. In this book, leading authors from around the world share their most cutting-edge findings and thoughts on the Chinese outbound travel market. The book reflects on the paths of the Chinese outbound travel development, reports new trends and issues, and provides new insights and recommendations. For practitioners around the world (e.g., destination policymakers and marketers, travel and tourism service providers, owners, and managers), this book provides hands-on guidance on understanding tourists from Mainland China. For tourism scholars, educators, and students, this book provides basic yet essential knowledge on the Chinese outbound travel market and tourist behavior and points out important future directions. Most tourism programs today have an international component in their curriculum, usually including a global tourism class. This book serves as an excellent supplemental reading for students in these classes.

DKK 835.00
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The Complete Lean Enterprise - Drew A. Locher - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The Complete Lean Enterprise - Drew A. Locher - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The first edition of this book won a Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research, and now, following in the tradition of its bestselling predecessor, The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Office and Services, Second Edition details a robust step-by-step approach for implementing Lean initiatives in the service industry and office environments. A must-read for those looking to maximize the value they provide their customers, this new edition describes how to better align value stream improvements to strategic needs. In addition, it engages the entire organization in experimentation and connects a new management system with tiered visuals in support of leader standard work. This updated edition of a Shingo Prize Winner : - - Features new critical steps in planning and preparing for VSM events - Includes new content and examples from the service industry, including healthcare - Provides a new examination of future state mapping - Details methods for engaging an entire organization in continuous improvement by focusing on socialization - Discusses the use of experiments to "learn your way" to a future state - Provides examples of tiered visual management and demonstrates the principles of a lean management system - Providing improved ways to involve your organization in transformation and to sustain your efforts, the book expands beyond the "tools focus" to challenge your organization to think and act differently in order to change the culture of your organization as you become more effective and efficient. This book details proven methods for aligning the organization for transformation, creating future state visions of improved effectiveness and efficiency, and engaging all levels of the organization in the transformation. After reading it, you will be better prepared to transform your organization to one that not only sustains improvement gains but is more adaptable to shifts in market and customer needs.

DKK 579.00
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Advanced Polymeric Materials - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Advanced Polymeric Materials - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

The aim of this new compendium is to provide a solid understanding of the recent developments in advanced polymeric materials from macro- to nano-length scales. Composites are becoming more important because they can help to improve our quality of life, such as being put into service in flight vehicles, automobiles, boats, pipelines, buildings, roads, bridges, and dozens of other products, including medical products. The chapters cover a multitude of important advances, including explanations of the significance of the new fillers, like graphene and carbon nanotubes, in different matrix systems. Coverage of the application of these materials in biological and others fields also makes this book unique. Topics include advances on the processing, properties, recyclability, and reparability, and applications for polymer matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites, carbon matrix composites, wood-based composites, biocomposites, ecocomposites, nanocomposites, and more.

DKK 819.00
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Implementing Lean - Fred Whiton - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Implementing Lean - Fred Whiton - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Everyone has heard the phrase about doing twice the work in half the time, but instead of focusing only on time , this book focuses on driving increased output with consistently less input . Implementing Lean: Twice the Output with Half the Input! teaches readers not only about Lean and its major concepts, but it drives the leader toward implementing a true Lean system. The authors have used the methodologies in this book everywhere from hospitals to service industries to manufacturing plants in order to impact businesses by providing proven principles, techniques, and approaches that yield substantial improvement to any business, small or large, in any sector. Learn about the benefits of implementing Lean in your company as the authors walk you through the major components as well as show you how to implement them. This guide is already being used by Lean Practitioners every day on shop floors to educate and refresh how tools are used in real-world applications.

DKK 561.00
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Food Microbiology and Biotechnology - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Food Microbiology and Biotechnology - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Food Microbiology and Biotechnology: Safe and Sustainable Food Production explores the most important advances in food microbiology and biotechnology, with special emphasis on the challenges that the industry faces in the era of sustainable development and food security problems. Chapters cover broad research areas that offer original and novel highlights in microbiology and biotechnology and other related sciences. The authors discuss food bioprocesses, fermentation, food microbiology, functional foods, nutraceuticals, extraction of natural products, nano- and micro-technology, innovative processes/bioprocesses for utilization of by-products, alternative processes requiring less energy or water, among other topics. The volume relates some of the current developments in food microbiology that address the relationship between the production, processing, service and consumption of foods and beverages with the bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, and immunology. Demonstrating the potential and actual developments across the innovative advances in food microbiology and biotechnology, this volume will be of great interest to students, teachers, and researchers in the areas of biotechnology and food microbiology.

DKK 835.00
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Effective Communication During Disasters - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

Effective Communication During Disasters - - Bog - Apple Academic Press Inc. - Plusbog.dk

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. In today’s world, there are new opportunities for disaster communications through modern technology and social media. Social network applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can connect friends, family, first responders, and those providing relief and assistance. However, social media and other modern communication tools have their limitations. They can be affected by disaster situations where there are power outages or interrupted cellular service. The research contained in this valuable compendium offers much-needed information for emergency responders, utility companies, relief organizations, and governments as they invest in infrastructure to support post-disaster communications. In order to make use of modern communication methods, as well as fully utilize more traditional communication networks, it is imperative that we understand how people actually communicate in the wake of a disaster situation and how various communication strategies can best be utilized. Communication during and immediately after a disaster situation is a vital component of response and recovery. Effective communication connects first responders, support systems, and family members with the communities and individuals immersed in the disaster. Reliable communication also plays a key role in a community’s resilience. With research from internationally recognized experts, this volume provides an overview of communication challenges and best-practice analyses, looks at the internet and social media and mobile phones and other technology for disaster communication, and explores the challenges to effective communication. - Presents a quality improvement project that gathered expert consensus on best practices used to improve disaster communication - Analyzes the information dissemination mechanisms of different media to establish an efficient information dissemination plan for disaster pre-warning, including short message service (SMS), microblogs, news portals, cell phones, television, and oral communication - Gauges the effectiveness of disaster risk communication - Looks at the future of social media use during emergencies and afterwards - Proposes a disaster resilient network that integrates various wireless networks into a cognitive wireless network in the event of disaster occurrences Effective Communication During Disasters: Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources is an informative, multi-faceted resource on preparedness planning for effective communication before, during, and after a disaster occurs.

DKK 1022.00
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